Accession number
MS W.33
Object title
Christliche andechtige Hertzenftzerlein zu Gott ehe man betet, mit enrnst vnnd in wahrem Glauben täglich zubetracten.
Created
Germany, 17th century
Binding
(MS cut down to present binding) 19th-century dark blue, gold-tooled morocco signed: "Bound by F. Bedford" on first flyleaf verso, lettered "Gebete" on spine, gilt edges, in marbled paper box by JPW.
Credit line
Bequest of Julia Parker Wightman, 1994.
Description
79 leaves (1 column, 15 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 89 x 86 mm.
Provenance
Henry Huth; Alfred H. Huth; his sale (London, Sotheby's, June 1912, 10th day sale, lot 1572); purchased by Julia Parker Wightman in 1978; JPW 8492; Julia Parker Wightman Bequest in 1994.
Notes
Ms. devotional texts and prayers; written and illuminated in Germany, 17th century.
Decoration: 10 full-page miniatures, elaborately flourished penwork initials and tailpieces in brown ink. Written in Gothic script in black ink heightened with gold.
Decoration: 10 full-page miniatures, elaborately flourished penwork initials and tailpieces in brown ink. Written in Gothic script in black ink heightened with gold.
Script
textura
Language
German
Century
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